Hunters will find Arkansas provides virtually endless opportunities with over 600,000 acres of lakes, almost 10,000 miles of streams and several million acres of public lands. Finding a place to hunt can be a traumatic experience in others states, but is no problem is Arkansas. Leading the way for public hunting opportunities are over 100 state controlled wildlife management areas including the duck hunting paradise, Bayou Meto. The Ozark - St. Francis National Forest is more public hunting land found in Arkansas, and this one area is larger than the entire state of Rhode Island. The Ouachita National Forest is also located in Arkansas, and is even larger than the Ozark - St. Francis! These national forests, combined with over one hundred state controlled wildlife management areas, makes Arkansas one of the top southern states in amount of land available for public hunting. In addtion to the large selection of public hunting grounds Arkansas also boasts some of the best hunting lodges in North America: